Category: Food
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Australia, Part 7
From Warrnambool we drove west along the coast some more, but not far. Just a few miles away is Tower Hill, a fascinating environment well worth the stop. The southern part of the Australian state of Victoria is made of limestone. It's even called the "Limestone Coast." That's how you get cool formations like the…
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Australia, Part 4
In honor of Independence Day in the United States of America, I'm going to continue the narrative of our visit to Australia. On May 5 we started our day with brunch at the Sydney Seafood Market — some big raw oysters and an assortment of sushi. No clownfish. Then by foot to the Australian National…
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Australia, Part 3
Our first full day in Sydney was Saturday, May 3. That was also the date of an "author event" at Abbey's Bookshop in downtown Sydney, which was one reason we scheduled our visit then. The reading and signing were set for afternoon, so in the morning we woke early and breakfasted at a chocolate shop…
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Australia, Part 2
Thursday, April 24: We saw the hulk of the clipper ship City of Adelaide, which sits on land supported by a steel framework near the Port of Adelaide. The ship was built 160 years ago, with an iron frame and wood hull, made multiple trips around the world during the mid-19th century, spent some time…
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Christmas Dinner Bragging
The menu for this year's Christmas dinner (with photos when I remembered to take them): Smoked Whitefish Pickled Herring in Sour Cream Vermont Camembert Cremant de Loire Prosciutto-Wrapped Shrimp Braised Beef Brisket Sauteed Potatoes Roasted Brussels Sprouts Medoc Poached Salmon Mixed Green Salad Christmas Pudding Ice Cream
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Culinary Notes
This is the weird time of the culinary year. This coming week I'm going to be canning summer tomatoes . . . and making a pudding for Christmas. New England's late growing season means you get all the summer produce right about the time it starts getting too chilly to sit outside and enjoy it.…
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France Excursion 2023 Part Four: Up and Away!
On Friday the 23rd we got up very very early, about 4:30 a.m., and bundled into the car for a drive up the Cher river to the little town of Francueil where we sat outside a deserted winery in the pre-dawn darkness. A few other cars pulled up nearby, and then the caravan of white…
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France Excursion 2023 Part Three: Chambord, Ezia, and Magic
We got moving early on the 22nd. I got the car out of the underground garage, and we set out eastward on the Autoroute heading for Blois. From there we followed smaller roads to the great palace of Chambord. This was Francis I's personal dream house, and he poured treasure into the project — and…
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Christmas and Hanukkah Dinner!
One last food post about our magnificent December 25 dinner, and then I'll get back to serious talk about space aliens. This year, since Christmas and the final night of Hanukkah happened on the same day, we decided to do a really big holiday dinner. Both of our kids would be home, and we invited…
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The Trip to Iceland, Day 6
My experience of travel to various places has taught me that one should always include a "slack day" in one's travel plans. There are a number of good reasons for having a day with few or no activities planned: you can re-visit someplace you really enjoyed, you can switch around if something is closed or…
The Cambias Digression 